Heart Failure

This heart failure channel offers news and new technology to treat heart failure. This includes for new innovations to treat congestive heart failure (CHF). The channel includes news on HFpEF and HFrEF. Heart failure occurs when the heart is no longer able to pump as much blood as the body requires. This can lead to enlargement of the heart because the muscle works harder to supply blood, but the pumping is ineffective. This may be due to defects in the myocardium, such as an infarct, or due to structural issues such as severe valve regurgitation. The disease is divided into four New York Heart Association (NYHA) classes. Stage IV heart failure is when the heart is completely failing and requires a heart transplant  or a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).

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October 1, 2014 — On Sept. 24, Heart Hospital of Austin became the first facility in Texas to implant a new miniaturized ...

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September 29, 2014 – Thoratec Corporation announced that it has begun to enroll patients in the HeartMate III U.S. clini ...
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September 22, 2014 — Robert Littlefield, MSc, GlobalData's senior analyst covering Medical Devices, said:

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September 17, 2014 — Unexpected trips to the hospital are inconvenient and worrisome for anyone, but for congestive hear ...

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September 17, 2014 — BioControl Medical announced that it has reached an important clinical trial milestone, reaching ...

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September 11, 2014 — Geneia announced a multi-year, strategic partnership with Covidien to help improve the health of ...

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September 10, 2014 — Medtronic Inc. announced the first implants in a clinical trial that will compare patient and ...

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September 10, 2014 — ResMed announced results from a study presented at the 2014 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) ...

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September 9, 2014 — Use of a quadripolar left ventricular (LV) lead instead of a bipolar option during cardiac ...

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September 4, 2014 – The Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN), has selected Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. to ...
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September 2, 2014 — Boston Scientific has released the primary endpoint results from its NEural Cardiac TherApy foR ...

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August 28, 2014 — Medtronic Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its newest cardiac ...

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August 25, 2014 — New data revealing the reduction in cardiovascular (CV) deaths with Novartis' LCZ696 in patients with ...

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August 22, 2014 — Sunshine Heart Inc. announced that the current condition of a heart failure patient implanted with the ...

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August 15, 2014 — The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium announced that Texas Children's Hospital has earned the ...

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